A BEGINNER’S HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
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A BEGINNER’S HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
BY
HERBERT ERNEST CUSHMAN, LL.D., Ph.D.
Sometime Professor of Philosophy in Tufts College
Lecturer of Philosophy in Harvard College
Lecturer of Philosophy in Dartmouth College
VOL. I
ANCIENT AND MEDIÆVAL PHILOSOPHY
Revised Edition
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TO
GEORGE HERBERT PALMER, Litt.D., LL.D.
ALFORD PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY
IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
WHO HAS INTERPRETED LIFE TO
MANY YOUNG MEN BY MAKING
PHILOSOPHY A LIVING
SUBJECT TO THEM
PREFACE
This book is intended as a text-book for sketch-courses in the history of philosophy. It is written for the student rather than